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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Pascal Meyer, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Biao Fang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Norman Arnold Turnquist, Carlisle, NY (US);
Xiaopeng Li, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Gregory Edward Cooper, Greenfield Center, NY (US);
Christopher James Kenny, Schoharie, NY (US);
GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
A tower structure particularly suited for a wind turbine includes a lower tower section formed of concrete and an upper tower section formed of steel. A transition system connects the upper tower section to the lower tower section, the transition system including a concrete component having a tubular wall with a base portion fixed on the lower tower section and a head portion connected to the upper tower section. The head portion extends radially outward beyond the upper tower section. A plurality of first tensioning tendons extend longitudinally at least partially through the tubular wall and are anchored to the concrete component at a top face of the head portion at locations radially outward of the upper tower section.